Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
October 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 2 0
Washington ss 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 3
McRae dh 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 3 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0
  Wathan ph,rf 2 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 3 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 0
Soderholm dh 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 1
Piniella lf 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefebvre lf 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0
  Nettles ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Kansas City 000 010 3004121
New York 000 002 000280
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   5.1 5 1 1 2 3
  Quisenberry  W (1-0) 3.2 3 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John   6.2 8 2 2 1 3
  Gossage  L (0-1) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Underwood   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
4

  E–White (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, New York 1.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (2,off John), New York Watson (3,off Splittorff); Jackson (1,off Splittorff).  3B–New York Watson (1,off Quisenberry).  HR–Kansas City White (1,5th inning off John 0 on, 1 out); Brett (2,7th inning off Gossage 2 on, 2 out).  CS–McRae (3,2nd base by Gossage/Cerone); Otis (1,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone).  WP–John (1).  BK–Splittorff (1).  U–Larry McCoy, Bill Haller, Ken Kaiser, George Maloney, Joe Brinkman, Steve Palermo.  T–2:59.  A–56,588.
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